Smoking appliance.



L. F. PIERSON.

SMOKING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED APILB, 1915.

Patented June 13, 1916.

gnou/vrom UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

LEONARD F. PIERSON', 0F FREDERICKSBUBG, VIRGINIA."

, i SMOKING APPLIANCE.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented June 13, 1916.

Application led April 8, 1915. Serial No. 19,958.

bacco, and in this connection, it is to be used' as a straight barrel smoking pipe.

The primary object ofthe invention is to provide a device of this character embodying an article of simple and cheap construction for conining the cigarette or tobacco when it is to be smoked, and thereby prevent the ashes from bein scattered, as well as to prevent the possibi ity, of the sparks from the burning tobacco and starting fires.

Other advantages of the invention may be realized in that the device prevents the smoke from affecting or injuring the eyes, and that it does not require the use of ash trays.

The device may be used to advantage by damaging the clothes persons travehng 1n motor vehicles, etc., to`

prevent the possibility of-smoke and sparks being blown against persons rlding in the rear of the vehicle.

With these and minor objects in view the device embodies certain features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter described with reference to the illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing, as well as to certain novel details which will be hereinafter specifically pointed out in thel subjoined claims.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device showing the application with a cigarette thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view showing the perforation in the end closure. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device showing'the positions the parts will assume when not in use.l Fig. 5 is a side elevationof the mouthpiece, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the mouthpiece. Fig. 7 isa modified form of the device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 represents the mouthpiece which may be constructed of any suitable material and with the usual opening 2 extending longitudi.l nally thereof, and 3 represents the enlarged end adapted to be gripped between the teeth. Mounted on the mouthpiece 1 and adapted to telescope therewith is a cylindrical housing 4 constructed of any suitable material and adapted -to receive and confine a'cigarette 5 or loose tobacco. Mounted on the end of the cylindrical housing 4 is a suitable end closure or cap 6 which is adapted to close the end thereof and swing into and out of closing position by means of the hinge 7.

8 represents a catch for retaining the cap in closing position. This end closure or cap '6 is constructed with a multiplicity of perforations 9 to provide a draft through the holder, and in this connection, if desirable, the cylindrical housing 4 may be also provided with perforations for the same purpose.

As stated above, the mouthpiece 1 and the cylindrical housing 4 for the cigarette 5 or loose tobacco as the case may be, are adapted to telescope one within the other inorder that the device may be reduced to a smaller article for carrying in the pocket, as well asv to enable the stump end of the cigarette to be removed, and when employed as a straight barrel pipe, the mouthpiece 1 may be used to adjust the compactness of the tobacco by means of its telescoping with the cylinder 4. It is also an advantage to apply t e cigarette in the cylindrical housing when the mouthpiece is telescoped in the housing in order that the end .of the cigathe spurs will cut the caked ashes and allow them to be removed from the holder.

vWith reference to the modified form of the device shown in Fig. 7, the mouthpiece 1 is constructed of substantially two independent sections, one of which, namely, the

' section 13, is'inclosed within the cylindrical housing'4 and is retained therein by means of the annular flange 11. This section is also provided with the cleaning spurs 12. The other section of the mouthpiece, namely 14, is adapted to be removably attached to the section 13 by means of its screw threaded v entering the opening 2 when the device is held in a vertical position. 17 represents another small sleeve which is attached to the section 125 for substantially the same purpose, namely, to prevent -the nicotini'rom falling back into the cylindrical housing 4. The saliva and nicotin may be removed from the trap 15 by unscrewing the section 14 of the mouthpiece from the section 13. With the mouthpiece thus constructed, the device will provide a sanitary holder, and this construction is especially desirable when the holder is to be employed for conning loose tobacco in the cylindrical housing 4, and used as an ordinary pipe. As stated in connection with the other form of the device, the spurs 12 may also be used as a means to remove the caked ashes from the housing.

If desired, a match-scratching area la may be placed upon the cylindrical portion 4 of the device, for the purpose of scratching the match to be used in igniting the smoking material within the cylinder. This scratching area may be a panel of roughened surfaceof the cylinder itself, or a roughened or other match-igniting panel applied to the surface of the cylinder; the general contour of the cylinder being preferably left unchanged in either instance. By having the striking surface quite near to the open end of the housing and extending in the di rection in which the match would necessarily be moved in reaching the open end, ig-

` of the parts to adapt it for use as a holder for cigars; or as already stated, it can be used in any desired dimensions, as a device in which to pack loose tobacco for smoking;

and it is to be, therefore, fully understood that the scope of the invention is notlimited to the specific use illustrated, but whenever the word cigarette is used, it should beV considered as including cigars and loose tobacco as well.

If desirable, the mouthpiece 1 may be removed from the cylindrical housing 4 and used as an independent holder for cigars or cigarettes. In removing the mouthpiece, it may be pushed through the housing 4 and cut the open end thereof.

That I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A cigarette holder comprising a pair of telescoping members, one of said members comprising a mouthpiece constructed to receive a cigarette in smoking relation thereto, and the other of said members comprising a housing for inclosing the `cigarette While in such relation to the mouthpiece, said mouthpiece adapted totelescope within said housing to receive or remove the cigarette, and cleaning spurs on said mouthpiece constructed to clean said housing when being telescoped therewith. v y

2. A cigarette holder comprising ay pair of telescoping members, one of said members comprising a mouthpiece constructed to receive a cigarette in smoking relation thereto, and the other of said members comprising Va. housing for inclosing the cigarette while in such relation to the mouthpiece, said mouthpiece adapted to telescope. within thc housing to receive or remove the'cigarette,

said housing having aA perforated end closure, spurs on said mouthpiece adapted to rotate in said housing for removing therefrom the unconsuined part of the cigarette.

3. A cigarette holder comprising a pair of telescoping members, one of said meinbers comprising a mouth ieee constructed to receive a cigarette in smo ring relation thereto,and the other of saidmembers comprising a perforated housing for completely inclosing the cigarette while in such relation to the mouthpiece and adapted to leave an air space between the cigarette and the inner walls of the housin'g,said mouthpiece adapted to telescope within said housing to receive or remove the cigarette, a perforated end closure for said housing, and cleaning spurs on said mouthpiece constructed to clean said housing when being telescoped therewith. Y

The foregoing specification signed at Fredericksburg, Virginia this 418th day of March, 1915.

LEONARD F. PIER-SON. In presence of Trios. F. KNOX, J. L. HAWKiNs. 

